Pan cleaning and greasing machine.



H. GOTTSCHALK.

PAN CLEANING AND GREASI NG MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1915.

26 INVENTYORV 0 v ATHIKNETS" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO GO'ITSCHALK, 0F REEDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 GOTTSCHALK &

CO.,.INC., OF REEDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

PAN CLEANING ANN GREQSlNG MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 9, 1915. Serial No. 33,032.

sylvania, have invented a new anduseful Pan Cleaning and Greasing Machine, of

which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to a new and useful pan. cleaning and greasing machine and consists of a'plurality of brushes wlth means ings 3 carried by the frame 1 which shaft adapted to be rotated in anysui table or desired manner. In the present instance, I have shown a motor ion the shaft 5, of which, is a gear 6 which is in mesh with the gear 7 mounted on. the'shaft 2.

8 designates a reciprocating member movably supported by the frame 1 said member being here shown as a plate which is suitably connected with bars 9 at its opposite Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

for reciprocating the same whereby, when end which bans a e suitably connected with the pans are placed thereover, the brushes the guide members or shoes 10 suitably serve to clean and grease the same, said spaced from each other and retained in this brushes being adjustably mounted in order that they may be varied with respect to each other.

It further consists in forming the brushes with the bristles extending from the edges only and not from the upper faces thereof, so that only the sides and ends of the pan will be greased.

It further consists of novel features-oh construction, all as will be hereinafter fully tion, I have shown in the accompanying drawing one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of whichany invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described. v

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a machine embodying my invention, partly in section.

relation bythe bars 5). The bottom wall of each of the members 10 is provided with a in order to be actuated together. Any suitable means for reciprocating the parts may be employed. As here shown, I have provided a cam 12 in suitable connection with the shaft 2 and in engagement with said ca1n.12 is a cam-strap 13 which is connected with a rod 14 which is in pivotal engagement with an" arm 15 connected with one of the guide members 10, it being understood more particularly from Fig. 1 that there is a cam 12 and its coa'cting parts at each side of the machine to insure proper reciprocation.

Carried by the reciprocating member or plate-S is a plurality of.brushes which are adjustable upon the plate laterally of the Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof. Fig. 3 direction of movement thereof, in order that is a sectional view on line wm, Fig. 2, the relation of the brushes may be varied partly broken away. Figs. it and 5 are secdepending upon the pans to be cleaned or tional views showing forms of brushes greased. In the present instance, as will be Referring to'the drawings, 1 designates the frame'of the machine which may be of any suitable or desired construction and upon which the various parts of thema-chine may be suitably and properly mounted and be individually released or adjusted. As

related, in order to operate in the desired manner.

shown, the' standards are provided with shoulders 18 which engage the upper face 2 designates a shaft mounted in the .bearof the plate 8 and I provide lock nuts 1921 to engagegwith the threaded portion 20 of the spindle, which nuts engage with the bottom face of the plate 8 when it, is desired to secureor lock the srindlesg n position. The upper end of eachstafidard is provided with a tapered portion or end 21 which is adapted to receive or hold a brush. As will be understood from Figs. L and 5, I desire to shape the brushes or brush heads a) conform to the shape of the interior of the pans to be cleanedand I provide each brush head 22 with a tapered socket 23 which is adapted to receive the tapered end 21 of a, spindle in order that the brushes will be securely held in place and in order that the pressure of the pans when in operative position will'assist in holding the parts in suitable relation.

The brush heads, may be provided with bristles depending upon the work to be accomplished. Thus in Fig. 5 I have shown bristles 24 which extend laterally from the sides and ends only of the brush head and "which serve to engage the sides andends only of the pans, the upper side of the brush heads being free from bristles so that the bottom of the. panswill not be. greased. In Fig. 4 in addition to the bristles 24 I have shown bristles 25 projecting upwardly from the upper face of the brush heads to engage with the bottom as the'pans to grease that portion thereof if desired. It will be understood that in the baking of bread it is customary to take a plurality of the pans and to connect the same together in any suitable manner, as by the bars 27, forming a nest of pans located side by side and any number of these ans maybe so connected as desired, it on y being necessary in my machine to provide the same number of brushes, or standards with the brushes thereon, as there are pans in a nest. As will be seen in Fig. 1, I have shown four pans suitably connected and a corresponding number oi standards and brushes but the number may. be varied as desired.

The operation of the device is as follows: Motion being imparted to the shaft. 2 through the medium of cam 12 and camstrap 13 the plate 8 will be suitably reciprocated on the frame 1 of the machine, it being understood that the brush heads 22 corresponding tothe' shape. of the pans to'be. cleaned are previously placed upon the standards 17 and that the standards have been adjusted in their. 1position laterally of the movement of the p to 8 in'gorder tobesnitablyflocated to enter thepans when placed thereon. The operatorwby inverting ans and lowering'the same, will cause orush heads 22 of the'cleaning seriesof to enter the pans and the reciprotlae brush. heads back and forward will properly the pans, after s-vhich he" emoves the from the cleaning brushes andplaces them over the greasing brushes and the reciprocation of these brushes in the pans will properly grease the same.

If the nest of pans vary, that is, in numher, or if the space between the pans to be cleaned difiers for various nests of pans,

the operator can release the locking nut 19 if the brush heads then on the standards are of the construction shown in Fig. 4, it is necessary to remove these from the standards .andsubstitute therefor the form desired, as for example, as shown innFig. 5, wherein the bristles extend from the sides and end only of the brush heads so that when the pans are placed on the brushes, the greasing action will only affect the sides and ends of the pans as will be evident.

It will be seen from the above that the brush heads can be quickly and easily removed and replaced and yet'will be firmly held in position. The location of the standards on the plate 8 may be quickly and may be quickly adapted for work on any' character of pans. By forming the brushes in shapes to conform to the shape of the pans, they will efficiently accomplish the desired result. It will also be seen, as above described, that I may employ brushes shaped to grease only the sides and ends of the pans, which cannot be done where a circular brush is employed or where a re,- tary movement is imparted to the brush itself, which is not the case in the present instance, since the brushes are stationarily mounted with respect to their supports, that is, the standards, to which the reciprocating movement in a horizontal direction is iinparted.

It will now be apparent that I have de-' I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 Inc device of the character stated, a

plurality of standards suitably supported and laterally adjustable with respect to each other, means for reciprocating said standards, and brushes removably mounted on the standards.

2. In a device of the character stated, a.

reciprocating member, a plurality of stand ards carried by said member and adjustable laterally of the direction of movement thereof, and brushes for said standards removably mounted thereon.

3. In a device of the character stated, a reciprocating member, means for actuating the same, a plurality of standards carried by said member and adjustably mounted thereon, and brushes for said standards removably mounted thereon.

-.-l-. In a pan cleaning and greasing machine a reciprocating member, means for actuating the same, a plurality of standards carried by said member, meansfor adjusting the positions of said standards, and brushes shaped to conform to the shape of the pans removably mounted on the standards.

5. In a pancleaning and greasing machine, a reciprocating member, means for actuating the same, a plurality of standards carried by said member, means for adjusting the positions of said standards, and brushes on said standards having bristles extending from their edges and with their upper laces free of bristles.

(3. 1n a pan cleaning and greasing machine, a reciprocating member, means for actuating the same, a plurality of standards carried by said member, means for adjusting the positions of said standards, and brushes on said standards formed to correspond to the shape of the pans and having laterally extending bristles to engage the sides and ends only of the pan.

7. In a. pan cleaning and greasing machine, a reciprocating member, a plurality of supports carried by said member, means for adjusting the positions of said supports, brushes removably and stationarily carried by said supports, and means for aotuating said member to horizontally reciprocate said supports and the brushes carried thereby.

and a brush head for each standard. havinga socket for receiving the end thereof whereby the brush head is stationarily carried and movable with a standard.

HUGO GOTTSCHALK. YVitnesses C. D. MGVAY, F. A. NEWTON. 

